Europe's largest marketplace for classic cars. In 2018, Car & Classic achieved revenues of £1.3m, with the value of vehicles sold exceeding £480m and their website is visited by 2.2m users every month. 60% of revenue is derived from data contracts, whilst the other 40% is generated via advertisements.
Data contracts are held by Cazana, the owner of Car & Classic, which is a B2B platform that values every vehicle by performing machine learning algorithms. The company claims that hundreds of businesses utilise this data. The Financial Ombudsman has declared that this data is recommended to be used for vehicle valuations during insurance claim cases.
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£1,541,590
Carnot is developing revolutionary fuel-agnostic engines with an uncooled design and technical ceramics, achieving game-changing efficiencies of up to 70% to rapidly decarbonize heavy duty transport, off-grid power, and other challenging sectors, thus accelerating the transition to Net Zero and significantly reducing emissions.
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£502,088
Offering people the opportunity to experience boating through a boat charter marketplace via a mobile app. Borrow A Boat allows customers to book a peer-to-peer or commercial boat near them from anywhere in the world. Boats and watercrafts listed on the platform range from stand-up paddleboards to superyachts.
Borrow A Boat lists over 16,000 boats on their marketplace, including boats from private owners. The service is available in 60 countries, with the option of renting the same day.
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£1,496,600
CoreHaus applies known, tried and tested construction methodology intelligently to meet the growing demand for offsite manufactured housing solutions. Their principles are based on ground and the first floor standardised 'modular cores' which includes a pre-finished kitchen, staircase, central heating and electrical control systems and bathroom. Their product has designed and developed, trademarks and IP's are in place, private sites secured under contract, and they are currently working with some exciting partners and supply chains to roll out the product launch.
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A new form of electric transport in the bike industry with the use of an affordable and simple conversion kit. Swytch have developed a kinetically rechargeable add-on for existing bikes to convert them into eBikes for a range of up to 50 miles. Funding will result in additional units being manufactured and sold at a 70% margin. The products are available online and currently via 20 independent bike dealers, with over 100 more waiting on stock.
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£349,356
easyProperty is a hybrid/online estate company that provides a "Tech & Touch" approach to buying, letting, selling or renting properties. easyProperty offers virtual as well as face-to-face property valuations. It assigns a Local Property Expert (LPE) to handle a client's property queries. easyProperty also allows clients to avail the services of its Hub-Team that can virtually value a client's property upon the latter's request in the absence of an area LPE. Customers can keep a track of their proceedings via the company's 24/7 dashboard that keeps a track of their property profiles. The company asserts that its model licenses entrepreneurs with or without estate agency experience to set up their businesses under its umbrella brand in exclusive postcode areas around the UK. easyProperty secured a 4.8 out of 5 ratings on Trustpilot from 763 reviews in December 2020. It will use 35% of the investment for the development of its technology platform and 65% for marketing and payment of brand royalties and license fees to Easygroup Ltd, an existing shareholder in the company.
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£806,840
Postio is a secure, dynamic, community driven delivery system. Postio offer the option of same-day and within-the-hour delivery to all. Sending and receiving parties are able to track their driver and therefore their package in realtime.
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£35,220
An online estate agent with a mission to be honest, reliable and friendly to clients who wish to sell their properties, along with offering money back guarantees. eSale is gaining popularity across England and Wales due to its strong USPs with increased instructions of 247% compared to 2017 and has recently entered the Scottish property market.
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£3,219
Go Zero is an electric taxi service. Since its inception in 2017, the company has completed over 10,000 journeys, saved an estimated 174 tonnes of CO2, and witnessed £530,000 worth of sales. The UK taxi industry is a £9 billion-pound industry and Go Zero, with its fleet of electric taxis powered by 100% renewable energy sources, aims to be a major disruptor. The company has received 100+ 5-star customer reviews and in 2019, it added 1600 new customers to its network. In February 2020, it launched the Go Zero Network, a network of 1,000 electric taxi franchises across the UK to expand electric travel for all. Being a part of the Go Zero Network offers a franchisee the opportunity to purchase a 5-year licence enabling them to operate their own business under the Go Zero brand. It also gives them the potential to earn between £30,000 and £50,000 after costs, based on performance metrics. With the investment, the company aims to recruit a high performing team to deliver market share, focused on sales, digital marketing, social media, franchise recruitment and management.
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£124,530
Iknowa is a property improvement marketplace that connects and matches property owners with individuals or companies who provide property services. The company aims to be the go-to support platform for all building and renovation projects. Iknowa allows users to post jobs free of cost on its portal. The company has featured in publications like FinTech, Business Money and Showhouse. They have successfully raised over £250,000 to date. Iknowa will use 50% of the investment to maintain, improve & build new technology by the first quarter of 2021, 30% as operational costs, and 20% for sales and marketing.
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£196,240
